Global Television Network

1. The media I use the most is television, while print is my least used form of media. This is what I had expected, since I rarely feel the desire to sit down and just read during the school year, I’d rather watch several television episodes. Relaxing on my bed or couch watching TV or Netflix sounds like a more enjoyable evening, instead of sitting at my desk reading boring textbooks for physics. Plus, I traveled home this weekend and all of my recorded shows were ready to be watched, since…

African and Latino Americans. Another study found that white children exposed to a negative television portrayal of African-Americans had a negative change in attitude toward blacks” (Diversity in film and television: MediaScope). In addition to this Mastro states “In an early study examining the implications of television use on the self-esteem of Black adults, a study found that exposure to entertainment television had a negative influence on self-esteem (controlling for age, education, and…

radio would be a commercial system, the primary question facing the industry was: how will radio be funded? This was resolved by the introduction of advertising to the airwaves, which set a number of precedents upon which modern media, principally, television and the internet, receive funding create their programming. As expressed by Michele Hilmes in her work Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States and radio programs of the day, one major precedent set by radio…

The purpose of our TV show is to intrigue all ages into the Medieval Ages and history. Our TV show can show that history can be dramatic and intriguing, not boring and old. Our plan for our TV show is to not only entertain our viewers, but also to educate them. Our desired outcome is to intrigue and educate millions of people around the world on life in the Middle Ages. Overall, our TV show will stun millions of people around the world in awe, but still increase their knowledge. All of our main…

ESPN, also known as the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is the worldwide leader in sports television. It reaches a large amount of sport fans around the world. ESPN is known to t the ability to reach an enormous amount of audiences makes ESPN the most watched sports channel in the United States. It is for this reason that they are able to make their viewers think about certain plays, as well as athletes in a light that many viewers wouldn’t think about. One great example of this…

Violence in the media is glamorized, showing youth that aggressive actions are permissible and in some cases proper to imitate. Television, entertainment, and media all together are a few of the sources for the glamorization of violent lifestyles. The media promotes aggression as well as invites for imitation. Specifically this imitation is leaned towards the youth, with a growing mind and changing psychology the youth are left vulnerable to the circumstances of reality and all the violence…

Teen Wolf Here’s a show I think everyone should get into watching it’s called Teen Wolf. Teen Wolf is a hit show on MTV and is now coming into its 6th season. If you like shows that consist of supernatural characters and teen romance this show is perfect. The main character is this confused teen boy with lots of responsibilities including keeping his estranged pack together. While also keeping his grades together and getting ready to move on to next phase in life choosing a college and actually…

negative and the show would be cancelled immediately. In 2015 however, the times have changed and this show would have as good a chance as any other sitcom Comedy. The Cosby show was revolutionary in the fact that it was one of the first successful television show about a Black family, which at the time was a TV minority. This show could take the same mold…

I was lucky to grow up in a predominantly screen-free environment. Watching television was a deliberate activity, not a default. I was not reliant upon external stimuli and I rarely experienced boredom or a lack of creativity. Living in the country, I had the space and freedom to explore in nature and to live an active lifestyle. I had the privilege of experiencing childhood and play as it was “in the good ol’ days” before Western culture developed a screen dependency. The benefits of growing…

When people envision what television is today it is quite simple: a large screen with HD quality and hundreds of channels which are easy to access. Unbelievably there was a time where television was not like that, where quality was not all that mattered, where viewers only had a certain amount of channels to access. Welcome to Maria Paulercio’s television era, the 1950s. Television has transformed dramatically since the 1950’s from the look to what was produced and put on the air. It had an…